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Record Label: Roc-a-Fella
Featured Artists: John Legend, Usher, Pharell, Beyonce
Article by: ..KoM.PLeKz..

Retirement, noun A period of about two years spent guesting on other people’s albums and cashing in on your name.

And so, following in the footsteps of Eminem, DMX and others, Jay Z, known to his mum as Shaun Carter, is back.
Released with the minimum of fuss, Kingdom Come attempts to follow in the footsteps of his two finest albums, the awesomely witty The Blueprint and Reasonable Doubt.

There’s not so much of the easy charm that dominated those records, indeed Jay-Z sounds like he hasn’t really been enjoying his time off as CEO of Def Jam. He’s a man coming to terms with his middle age. "I'm young enough to know the right car to buy/Yet grown enough not to put rims on it" he says on 30 Something.

Perhaps it is the pressure of working with such an important businessman but the stellar host of producers, Dr Dre, Kanye West and the Neptunes, somehow fails to really kickstart the album.

Jay-Z is too clever to ever really be dull. And there are moments when, like the ode to mum I Made It, the gangsta Dig A Hole and the slower Do You Wanna Ride, which features John Legend, when the album lifts. But you get the feeling that he’s out of practice and as a part-time rapper he is not yet into his stride.

Another way you can tell that “J Hova” is middle aged is his admiration for Coldplay. However, his collaboration with Chris Martin, Beach Chair, is actually rather epic. A few more risks and maybe the next comeba ck will be really worth having.

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From : treyd
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Even on his worst day Hov still had a top 5 lp last yr.

From : 808raps

horrible production; coldplay with best beat on album


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